Butter-server.



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BUTTER SERVER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 10, 190B.

Patented July 6, 1909.

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BUTTERNSERVER.

APPLICATION rum) NOV. 10, 1908.

Patented July 6, 1909.

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UNITED s A'rEs PATENT oF ron- OTTO W..MOBERG, OF-SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. 4

' jnu'r'rna-snavn Specification of Iietters Patent. i

Patented m e,"19o9.

Application'filed November 10, 1908. Serial No. 461,860.

Be it known that I, O'r'ro -W.'Mo1nino., a

citizen of the United states anda resident lit of Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, have invented a ,new and ImprovedButter-Server, of which the following is a full, clear,- and exact description.

My'invention relates to butter servers, my general purpose being to. providezin improved construction whereby the -fol1owing objects are accomplished: I. To enable the mechanism for effecting the-disengagement of the l'uitter dishes from the bottom of the column of such dishes. V. To provide-for the proper refrigeration and storage of the stock 01: butter to be used, so as to maintain the same in suitable form to be acted upon, by the machine.

VI. To provide numerous details ofconstruct on tor the. purpose of promoting simplicity of parts and accuracy of action.

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'Reference is to bc h'ad'to the accompany ih'g drawmgs tornnng a part of th IS specification, in which similar characters of refer-- ence indicate corresponding parts in all the Figure l is a side elevation showing the water cooler partly broken away and provided with a rack for holdingthe butter I dishes to be filled; the view further showing the butter tube extending vertically through the refrigerator and partly filled with butter, to be used in filling the butterplates'; Fig. 2 a

is a fragmentary section showlng a manually-operated lever and parts associated therewith for the purposeof dislodging the butter dishes one at a time, filling said dishes with butter and ejecting said dishes when filled; Fig. 8 is a section somewhat similar to Fig. 2, but showing one of the butterdishes as filled and as gllding out of the machine; Fig. dis a View similar to Fig. 2 and showing the positions indicated by various parts while a butter dish is gliding from the bot-' tom of the rack into the position which it is' to occupy whiie being filled; Fig. 5 is a fragmentary section upon the line 55 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of'the arrow,

and showing the lower portion of the machine as viewed from the left of Fig. Fig. 6 is a. horizontal section upon the line 6 6 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the. arrow, andshowing the movable jaws used fondisengaging thebutter dishes, and further showing the various partsrelating to the cutting of the butter and ejection of the-dishes whe11.fil led;'Fig. 7 is a fragmentaryw' iew somewhat similar to the left hand portion of Fig." 6, but showing the movable jaws occupying different positions from those occupied in said figure; Fig. 8 is a vertical section uponthe line 8-8 ofFig 6, looking in the direction of the arrow, and showing'the column of butter plates resting temporarily upon the upper jaws; Fig. 9 is .a section 11 3011 the line 9-9 of Fig. 7, looking inthe irection of the arrow, and showmg the column of butter plates as'now restmg upon the lower aws preparatory to sepa rating the lowermost butterplate from the rest of'the column; :and 'Figglt). is a horizontal section-upon the line lO--10 of F ig. 1,

looking in the direction of the arrow.

' A cooler 11. adapted to hold water and-ice is provided with a filling 11 and with an inner wall 11", and is further provided with a bottom 11 and a supporting base 11, the latterbeinghollow. The cooler is provided with a"remova'ble top .12 and also with a faucet 13, the latter being used for removing water. The cooler isfurther provided with a drawer 14 having a knob 15, by aid of which the drawer may be removed.

Mounted within the cooler and extending through the bottom: 11 is a square tube 1.7

which projects upwardly into an opening 18 in the top 12. A lid 19, hinged upon the top .12, is adapted to cover and uncover the opening 18. A quantity ofbutter 20 having the form of a square rod is placed within the tube 17 and gradually used up, as hereinafter described. A rack 21 contains but- 't'er dishes 22 which are to be filled. Below the rack- 21 is a chute 28' within which the butter plates are adapted to glide downwardly one' at a time, one such plate detached from the others being shown at 22.

Mounted within the base of the machine is a shaft 24 resting in bearings 25. A rocker arm 26 is securedlrigidly upon this shaft and -is provided with a portion 27 rocking plate '35 is provided with a bearing serving as a chute, a weight 28 being mountprovided with a lug 32 and with a notch 33- intermediate said lug and said arcuate p'or-,

tion 30. v

A shaft 34 is mounted within the back of the machine and rests in journals 34. A

collar 36 which is'secured'rigidly upon the shaft 34. A leaf spring 36 is secured. at

one of its ends upon the bearing collar 36 and has a general involute form. Therocking plate carries a pin 37, and-journal'erlupon the latter an arm 39 providedwitlr a shoulder 40, the arm and shoulderbeing adapted to serveas a hook. Adjacent to the arm 39-is 2. lug 38, integral with the rocking plate 35. The arm 39. is further provided with "a flat. bearing surface 41 which normally rests upon the pin 31.? The arm 39 is also provided, with a portion 42 integral with it and extending upward.

1 ,A tray 44 is mounted upon a. Web 43 in tegral with it, and is provided with a lug 46, being ivoted thereto by a 44 which, under certain conditions, may engage the rubber buffer 29. The .tray 44 is,

also providedwith a slot '45 in which the upwardly extending portion 42 of the arm 39 is adapted to play, will be understood from- Fig.- 2. The tray 44 supports a bracket spring hoo 48 is connected with the bracket 46, both of these members being rivetedtoa plate 49 of substantiallyu shape, this plate being provided at; one side with a rib 50 whereby 1t' is strengthened.

The parts are so arranged that when the tray '44 rocks, it transmits motion to the U- shaped plate 49, causing the latter to reeiprocate in the approximate direction of its general length. The lowerend of the rack '21'is mounted upon a bracket 51 carrying a pin 52. A pair of jaws 53, 54, journaledupon the pin 52, extends into the rack' 21 from opposite sides thereof, the jaw 53 be 'ing a little higher than the jaw 54, as will be understood from Fig. 9. The' aws' are integral with a strip 55 andconsequently integral with ea ch'other. This strip bends downwardly from the plane occupied by the jaw 53 to the'planeoccupied by the jaw. 54,

I Y as will be understood from Figs. 7, 8. Two

other jaws 56, 57 are disposed upon opposite sides of the rack 21 and extend slightly into the same. These jaws are connected integrally together by a strip 58 which is bent so as to compensate for the difference in level of the two jaws, the; jaw 56 being hi her than the jaw 57, as be understood rom Figs. 7, 8. All of the jaws 53, 54,- 56, 57 have The upper end of the ar1n'26 is a little play relatively to the rack 21 and extend into the latter through the slots 58 pin 59- and the jaw 5 7 is similarly pivoted upon a pin 60, these pins being carried by the plate 49 which, as above explained, is of substantially U shape.

Housings 61 disposed upon opposite sides of the rack 21 are provided for partially,encircling the jaws so as to; conceal them and protect them from the action of dust. These housings are mounted upon plates 62 seplates 62 also serving to support the rack 21. Guide plates 64,. integral with the chute 23, serve to guide the butter plates as they 'move along thechutes 23 and 27.

Mounted upon the upper end of the rocker arm 26 and extending upwardly therefrom are two spring arms 66,67. Mounted partially Within the pathof these arms are stationary lugs 65 servingas'limiting stops .therefor. These arms are provided adjacent to their upper ends with slots 68 extending obliquely downward- A wire 69, rovided at its ends with heads 70, extends from the arm 66 to the arm 67, being normally stretched tightly by the tension of these arms; that is, the tendency of these arms to spring apart is normally restrained by the vA pin -80-is mounted upon the bracket 79 and supports the plate 74. The plate 74 is provided at its bottom with a toe 74 which extends into a slot 74 inthe lower end of the tube 17 for the purpose of supporting the body 20 of butter, as will be understood from Fig. 3. The plate 49 is provided with .a notch 81 vfor a purpose which' will hereinafter appear. The drawer 14 is adapted to hold any number of rods 82, 83, of butter, and the latter are removed as desired andplaced one at a time within the tube 17.

' The parts being arranged asabove described, the rack 21 is filled or partially filled with butter plates 22. A body 20 of butter is lowered into the square tube 17 where it, of c'ourse, assumes an upright position, and the cooler 11 is filled or partially filled with water and ice. The lowermost butter plate now rests upon the .jaws 53, 56, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 8. i The tray 44 now occupies end of the tube 17. The plate 74, spring 76 (see Fig. 9)- The jaw 54: is pivoted upon a w1re'69. The spring arm66 is bent inwardly so as to form a horizontal portion 72 and The operation of-my device is as follows':'

cured in position by aid of rivets 63, the I its normal position, a little below the lower and-arms (36,67 occupy their respective normalipositions, as indicated in Fig. 2, A but ter plate 22 rests upon the tray 44. Suppose, now, that the operator desires to secure a plate of butter. He grasps the chute. 27,

as indicated in Fig. 10, and'raises it so as to butter, severing a portion thereof which, of

course, rests in the butter plate 22, s will be seen from Figs. 2 and 4. As the rocker arm 26 moves tothe right, according to 2,the lug 38 drops into the notch 33 and further movementof therocker arm in the same. directlou causes the rocking, plate to turnslightly upon the shaft 34 as a center. This tilts the tray 44: indicated in Fig. 3, and the butter plate 22, with its contents, glides downwardly upon the chute 27 and 1s re moved by hand; The spring hook 48 serves to prevent the severed butter piece from sticking to the cutting wire 69. The movement of the rocking plate 35 causes the bracketstG to move the U-shaped member 49- slightly to the left, and this causes the jaws 54-, 57 to move toward each other, as 'indi cated in Flgs. 7, 9, the )fLWS 53, 56 meanwhile moving slightly away from each other. The 5 column of butter plates is now lowered a distance representing the thickness of one plate,

as will be seen by contrasting Figs. 8 and 9.

As the spring arms 167 carrying-the wire (99 move to the right, according to Fig. 3, 1n

executing the'movement just described, the

plate 7st, normally resting with its'lug 75 against the rounded bearingsurfaceil. of the ariri (3G, is released. Hence, the action of the spring 76 forces the lower end of the plate 74: toward the lower end of the tube 17,

the toe 7 1 beingthrust slightly into thebody of butter 20} This prevents, for the moment, any downward movement of the body or butter 20. The dish 22 and its contents (see Fig. 3) ,havingbeen removed, the

' weight 28 now carries 'a chute 23 downward as will be seen from Fi g. 4;. The rocker arm 26 now moves to the left, or in a contra'clockwise direction, accordmg to F1g. 4. By this movement the pawl 38 is disengaged from the notch-SP; and forces the tray 44 back into its normal position. During the time this is done, the pawl 38 glides upon the arcuate portion 30 of the rocker arm 26, thus maintaining the-tray 4ft in'a substantially horizontal posit-ion. Theshoulder 40,.'o1 1'the arm 1:39, engages'the pin 31, and thus arrests, the motion of the rocker arm 26 wh ch then. regams its normal posltion. This movement of the rocking plate 35, however, causes the bracket 46 to move the U-shaped member 49 again to the left, the result being that the jaws-"54, 57 (see Fig. 9) are now drawn apart, the jaws 53, 56 at the same instant approaching each other, thereby liberating the lowermost of the butter plates andallowing the same to glide down the chute 23 to a point below the tube 17. The released but ter plate, in taking up itsposition under the tube 17, engagesthe'arm 420i thcarm 39, thereby disengagii'ig the pin 31 from the shoulder 40. The downward movement of the chute 27 conjtinues until the wire 69 is brought back to its normal position. The

preventing premature disengagement of the toe H from the butter rod 20. That is to say the action described. is to prevent the dropping of the butter rod until a butter plate takes up its position directly under the tube 17 The spring arms 6.6, 67, being now restored to their normal positions, the bearing surface 71 of the arm 66 lodges against l the lug 75 and bymoving the plate 74 withdraws the toe 74. This allows the rod'20 of butter to descend so that its lower end engages the plate resting upon the tray 44-.

over again until all of the butterisremoved.

by therubber-butier sothat no shock to the maclnne takes place, 'It may sometimes happen, especially 1f the butter be exceedmgly by inexperienced persons, that a considerable strain thrown upon the wire (39. Usually thisoccurs when the wire first encounters the resistance offered by the rod'o'f butter it is' cutting. Should this result in breaking the wire (39,1110 damage canv be done.

The breaking of the wire can hardly occur except while the chute 27 is being raised, and when it does occur the spring arms ()(3, 67, being normally restrained by the wire 69 and beingsuddenly liberated, simply move a little farther apart. The portion -73 of the if.) (see Fig. 6) and prevents further -move ment of the machine until thewirecan'be repaired. t v

From the noted that all d: iger of the butter-rod 2' descending 1 )rematurely is effectively prevented. The toe 7'4 supports the butter-rod when the parts are in the position indicated 'in Fig. 3, andias the rocker-arm 26 moves to the right, according to this figure, the pin 31 engages the shoulder 40,so -that the arm .39 is unable to descendand forthe noment the rocker arm 26is not freeto return. The descent of a -b utter plate*, however, by engaging the memberflt yraises the arm 39 and liberates the rocker-arm 26, which may thereupon .be returned toits'normal position, the movable-parts otherwise acting as above deglides downwardly over the chute 23 into a toe 74cannot'be actuated so as to release the action just described is for the purpose of- Theoperation may be repeated over and Each dmvn'st'roke of the tray 44: is cushioned hard or the machine be operated carelessly arm (36 clicks into the notch Slfof the plate.

above description it will be" a rs scribed. Unless, therefore, a butter-plate position directlybeneath the butter-rod, the

butter-rod. Hence the butter-rod eannever descend in the absence of a butter-plate directly under it and consequently it will never rest directly upon the chute 27 so as to clog the action of the mechanism or otherwise cau'sedamage.

Having thus described my invention, I

' claim'as new and desire to secure by-Letters Patentz. v

l. A device of the character described, comprising a rack for holding plates, movable jaws projecting partially into said rack for the purpose'of dlsengaging'said plates, means for actuating said jaws, a chute for guiding said-plates one at a time into a predetermined position, and mechanism for filling said plates individually withcharges "of material used as stock.

2. The combination of a rack forholding plates stacked inthe form of a column, a

pair of jaws co-a'cting with said rack and movable .thereinto for the purpose of supportingsaid column of plates, another pair of jaw's'co-acting with said first-mentioned like, a gate movable relatively to said tubupair of jaws and disposed in a different plane therefrom for the purpose of supporting said column of plates at a different moment from that when said column is supported by the other pair of jaws, means for guiding said'plates one at a time into a predetermined position, and mechanism for emptying into each of said plates a charge of butter or the like.- I

3. The combination. of means for holding a-quantity of butter or the like, a Wire for severing portions of said butter,spring arms connected withsaid Wire and normally stretching the same tight so as to keep it taut for the purposeof enabling it to out said butter, mechanism co-acting with said spring arms" for loading said butter into plates and moving said plates, and means co-acting with said last-mentioned mechanism for preventing movementsof said spring arms in case said wire is broken.

4. The combination of a tubular member adapted to hold a charge of butter or the .tempprarily preventing the travel of said stock into a position where said stock may be cut, a traveling member for cutting said stock, means for actuating said traveling member so as to out said stock,; and'mechaii'ism controllable by movrne'nts of a'ibutter-plate or the like for temporarily preventing the travel of said butter or other stock.

6. The combination of a swinging tray adapted to hold arbutt'er plate, ashaft disposed adjacent thereto, arocker-plate mounted upon said 'sh aft and-adapted to rock, a rocker-arm. provided with means for actuating said rocker-plate, an arm pivotally mounted upon said rocker-plate and provided with a portion for engaging a butterplate resting upon said tray, a spring for pressing said last-mentioned portion toward said butter plate for the purpose of dislodging the latter when said butter plate is tilted,

and means controllable at will for actuating said 'last-mentionedarmb 7. A device of the character described, comprising a vertically disposed tubular member for holding a supply of butter or the like, means for temporarily supporting a plate below said tubular member so that sald supply of butter may rest by its own Weight upon said plate, cuttin'g mechanism for severing the lower portion of said supply of butter, means for actuating said cutting mechanism,- and mechanism co-acting with said means for'the purpose of ejecting said plate after being filled with said butter or thelike. y

8; A device of the character described, comprising a vertically-disposed tubular member for holding a-quantity of stock in the general form of a ,vertically disposed rod, a tray mounted adjacent to said tubular member and adapted to swing, said tray. be-

ingfurther adapted to support a plate in registry with and located below said tubular member for the purpose of resting the weight of said rod'upon said plate, mechanism for severing a portion of said rod so as to fill said plate, means independent of said plate for periodicallysustaining the Weight of said rod whenotherwise-unsupported, and

mechanism controllable at willfor causingthe release of said plate from said tray.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

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Witnesses: w Gnonon H. PURvIs,

W. HOWARD NELsoN. 

